I finished reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo a while ago. It is a great book. The book is focused on several characters. The main character is Jean Valjean, who starts off as a peasant in Paris, France. Jean Valjean commits a crime and is sent to jail. The book is about his life, the way he is treated and the way that he hides and begins a new life to escape his past.
There are several interesting themes in this book. It starts off as crime and punishment, and as i progressed through the book i noticed it becomes more of a good and evil theme. What i think is so beautiful about this book is the main character is a good person who did something wrong, yet he gets a second chance. He hides from his past and begins a new life. Its difficult, but he finds what he always wanted, love. Jean Valjean is blessed with a daughter whom he adopts and saves from a life of abuse. these two individuals, Jean Valjean and Cosette, find eachother. Both of them struggle and go through terrible things, but when they find eachother, they find what they were missing.
Jean Valjean was good person who did something wrong. Inspector Javert, who relentlessly persecutes Jean Valjean, belives that he is fighting for justice. Javert is a very interesting character because of this. He thinks it will be just to capture Jean Valjean, but what he is doing is wrong.
At first the book is very depressing, I found myself frequently resisting the text. but later on, justice is served. Although Cosette is abused and not loved at the begining, she is adopted by a man who will love her as he would his own daughter. Together Cosette and Jean Valjean heal eachothers wounds. Cosette grows and becomes a beautiful woman. She has everything that she deserves. And although her life and Jean Valjeans life have flaws, its a beautiful story.
